Hi All, one of my colleague asked me, about how the overlap of two ranges can be calculated easily.
>>> a = (24,27) # range1 (endpoint1,endpoint2) >>> b = (10,227) # range1 (endpoint1,endpoint2) >>> min( max(a), max(b) ) - max( min(a), min(b) ) 3 When the result is positive, then the two ranges overlap together. When the result is negative, then the two ranges doesn't overlap together and the distance between them is the result multiplied with -1. As we are using max() and min(), a=(24,27) means the same as a=(27,24). I haven't seen this calculation method before, and I think it could be interesting and usefull for coders. Best regards, János _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
